Metallic barrel.



J. H. GEORGE.

METALLIC BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1910.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

I To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

. turns 11. scenes, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

mnrAL' Ic BARREL.

Application filed January 19, 1910. Serial No. 538,934.

7 Be it known that 1, JAMES H. Gnonen, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic.

Barrels, of which the following is a sp'eci:

fication.

My invention relates to "certain new and useful improvements in metallic barrels, and the particular object of the present invention is to improve the construction of the,

head of a metallic barrel and the means for securing the head in the barrel.

A further object of my invention is to produce a metallic head particularly'adapted for metallic barrels, which is simple and cheap in its construction, composed of few parts which may be readily assembled and which may be'securely fastenedvwithin the barrel.

With these and other objectsin view my invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts the preferred form of which will be first described in connection withthe accompanying drawings, and then the inventionparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein-the same part is designated by the same reference numeral wherever it occurs: Figure I is a central longitudinal section ofa metallic barrel provided with heads constructed.

in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the securing ring for the barrel head; Fig. 3 is a top planview showing the head in position in the shown being of the form disclosed in my pending application No. 528,677, filed November 18, 1909, in which the staves 5 are v secured together by locking strips 6 engaging portions formed on the sides of the'staves to secure the staves together. As

in my application referred to the locking strips for securing the staves together. do not extend the full length of the barrel but stop short of each end thereof.

In order to secure the heads of the barrel I provide. a ring 7 which preferably, and as shown, is formed of sheet metal with its side edges turned inwardly to form lips 8 which do not quite meet but leave an opening between the adjacent edges of the lips into which theedge of the barrel head is adapted to be placed as will be hereinafter described. This ring is made of spring metal-and is split. as shown at 9. The ring is provided with the groove 10 formed in its body portion which is engaged by the inwardly projecting rib 11 formed in the staves of the barrel to lock the ring in position with its upper edge flush with the end of the barrel. In order-to permit the ring to seat itself ,suiiiciently far down in the barrel to enable the head to be supported by the end of the locking strips 6, Iprovide the lower edge of the ring with a series of notches 12 adapted to straddle the locking strips, as best shown in Fig. 1. The barrel head-is formed of two semicircular portions 13 which are provided with the downturned flanges l t at their meeting edges.

After the barrel staves have been assembled in the manner fully described in my two semicircular portions 13 of the head are fitted into a ring, and then a ring with the pair of heads therein is forced into each end of the barrel, thesplit 9 in the ring enabling the ring to ride over the rib 11 on the the ring, whereupon the ring and head will be locked .in position in the barrel with the upper edge of the ring flush with the ends of the stares.

It will also be noted from Fig. 1 that by providing the cutaway portions 12in the lower edge of the ring that the under por tion of the head will rest against the ends of the locking 'strlps 6, in orderto give addltional support to the heads and prevent them from being forced into the barrel. 7 I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my inventiom'andl therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form shown and described.

by Letters Patent is: 1. The combination wlth a barrel, of a ring, means for securing the ring in positlon vided with a slot on its inner side, a barrel head formed of two semi-circular parts, each of said parts being provided with downwardly projecting abutting flanges, the pe riphery of the semi-circular parts being adapted to enter the slot in the ring.

pending application above referred to the barrel until the rib engages the groove 10 in What I claim as new and desire to secure r at the end of the barrel, said ring being prorel composed of a 2. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly projecting rib adjacent one end, of a splitring, a groove in the split rinadapted to cooperate with the rib to 100 the ring in the barrel,.said ring being provided with a slot on its inner side, a barrel head formed of two semi-circular parts, each of said parts being provided with downwardly projecting abuttin edges, the periphery of the semi-circifiar parts being adapted to enter the slot in the ring.

3. The combination with a metallic barplurality of staves and having locking strips for securing'the staves together, of a ring, means for securing the ring in position at the end of the barrel, said JAMES H. GEORGE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. GEORGE, JOHN L. FEENY. 

